Thursday, May 10, 2012

Zip line

The rare flesh-eating disease that claimed a Georgia womans leg and has her fighting for her life was caused by a common bacteria that thrives in warm climates and fresh water.

(ABC News)

The father of a hospitalized 24-year-old woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip line accident described the ordeal as "the most horrific situation that a parent can possibly imagine.

(Time)

Aimee Copeland severely cut her left leg while zip-lining in a friends backyard near Carrollton last week. She contracted a flesh-eating bacteria infection that forced doctors to amputate the leg.

(MyFox Atlanta)

A University of West Georgia graduate psychology student is fighting for her life with a flesh-eating bacteria after falling off a homemade zip line and cutting her leg, CNN affiliate WSB reports.

(CNN (blog))

Twenty-four year old graduate student Aimee Copeland is fighting a life-threatening case of flesh-eating disease after a seemingly minor mishap with a zip line.

(HULIQ.com)

Insofar as really, really bad diseases/injuries/parasites I never ever want to get, flesh-eating bacteria is definitely at the top of the list.

(The Stir)

She was using a homemade zip line last Tuesday when the line snapped, leading to a cut through her calf. She went to a doctor, received stitches and left the hospital. But in the following days, repeated visits to the doctor didnt help the pain.

(Huffington Post)

Aimee Copeland was put on life support and had her leg amputated after a freak zip-line accident left her with a cut leg and a flesh-eating bacteria.

(Huffington Post)

The home-made zip line broke. Copeland fell, causing a deep gash to her leg. Doctors believe the bacteria entered her body through the injury that required nearly two dozen staples to close.

(Atlanta Journal Constitution)

The home-made zip line broke. Copeland fell, causing a deep gash to her leg. Doctors believe the fateful bacteria entered her body through the injury that required nearly two dozen staples to close.